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SC: Paramount and DreamWorks commissioned visual effects tests to "shift her ethnicity" and make SJOHA more Asian in GSHEL. Antibody Apr 15, 10:47

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Pardon? {nm} GruntNoNeck Apr 15, 14:54

Paramount denies test was for SJOHA RamsFan2004 Apr 15, 10:58

I believe SC's multiple sources who likely worked on the VFX, over corporate flacks. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 11:01

Or maybe she is just the best choice for the job..regardless of ethnicity Bleachigo Apr 15, 11:25

Saying a white woman can play a better Asian than an Asian woman is racist. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 11:34

+ 1 {nm} BoomStick Apr 15, 11:38

Best choice for the job doesn't mean best acting - could be best return on investment TwoMisfits Apr 15, 11:43

That's a reality, but I do wonder how this movie is going to perform with Asian audiences. (It's hard to say, because so many Asian-themed RogerMore Apr 15, 12:06

Saying that SJOHA is a better box office prospect than some random Asian is NOT racist. {nm} hyperzeitgeist Apr 15, 12:02

There are plenty of Asian celebrity actors in the world. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 12:05

How many of them are women? {nm} RamsFan2004 Apr 15, 12:07

Lucy Liu is the only one that comes to mind when I think of big stars. {nm} RamsFan2004 Apr 15, 12:09

Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing and Shu Qi to name just three are all pretty big stars. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 12:20

Yeah, if you're targeting the Chinese market. {nm} hyperzeitgeist Apr 15, 12:25

and that's why they were cast in TFRM and XMEN. China will soon surpass US box office.. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 12:29

It might surpass but won't erase the US box office. The casting is simple, primary market economics. {nm} Prophecy Apr 16, 11:10

Someone photoshopped Rinko Kiuchi Antibody Apr 15, 12:41

saying she cant IS racist....its like you saying an AA can not play George Washington..and anyone that agrees with you is racist clone too {nm} Bleachigo Apr 15, 12:03

No, saying SJOCA can't play an Asian is not racist. Get back to us when Hollywood actually consider an Asian to play George Washington. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 12:18

Be careful anti your painting yourself into a corner again...here is a group of questions you will avoid answering Bleachigo Apr 15, 12:47

True racists claim non-existent "reverse racism" to stay in power. {nm} Antibody Apr 15, 13:07

Whaaaaaaa....I'm shocked you don't want to answer a few simple yes or no questions. Send me ur mailing address and I will mail you this doormat Bleachigo Apr 15, 13:11

+1 {nm} CG63 Apr 15, 23:55

well, hold on...you can't be saying there are no good Asian actors =P {nm} tealfan Apr 15, 11:51

nope never would either ...there are some great Asian actors, there are some great White actors..havent seen too many good fuscha actors tho {nm} Bleachigo Apr 15, 12:05

Could we move this thread to the LIFE board? {nm} JustaGuy Apr 15, 14:44

I wonder how HSX feels about one of their employees constantly playing the race card on their site? It's becoming bizarre. {nm} Hersheybar Apr 15, 19:45

+1. This is a site dedicated to playing a movie-prediction game for fantasy money. TwoMisfits Apr 15, 19:58

+1000...I think the truth is that Cantor have given up on HSX and are happy for Antibody to run it as his own fiefdom. {nm} hyperzeitgeist Apr 16, 04:06

God forbid people on a movie board talk about movies and how they're cast {nm} CG63 Apr 15, 23:56

I would prefer a balanced debate than preaching. {nm} Prophecy Apr 16, 11:07

If they were so determined to cast ScarJo, why didn't they move the story to the US? CG63 Apr 15, 23:58

Why bother? Movies have changed ethnicity and gender of characters all the time from source material TwoMisfits Apr 16, 06:11

And I LOVED Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief,, so this strategy of "cast the big name actor" works. {nm} TwoMisfits Apr 16, 06:13

To avoid looking creepy, the way "Ghost in the Shell" does now CG63 Apr 16, 10:25

Any discussion of any individual's race or any character's race is racist. So there. {nm} DTravel Apr 16, 09:34